good-6
Original: good-6 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (with flame-like orange hair, walking his dog): "WHO'S A GOOD BOY!? WHO'S A GOOD BOY!?"
Panel 2 (narration caption):
"A GOOD BOY IS ONE WHO REWARDS FRIENDS SO THAT IN TIMES OF WAR THEY WILL STAND AT HIS SHOULDER, AND WHO PUNISHES FOES, SETTING FEAR IN THE HEARTS OF ENEMIES, KILLING RESISTORS, DISTRIBUTING THEIR POSSESSIONS."
Panel 3:
(The man stares blankly, no dialogue.)
Panel 4:
Man: "I MEAN 'WOOF.'"
Man: "YOU'RE A GOOD BOY! THAT'S WHO'S A GOOD BOY!"
Votey:
A speech bubble (the dog speaking): "HE HAS THE WEAKLING'S MORALITY. THE ETHICS OF THE HERD. DOG-GONNIT!"
Man (with flame-like orange hair, walking his dog): "WHO'S A GOOD BOY!? WHO'S A GOOD BOY!?"
Panel 2 (narration caption):
"A GOOD BOY IS ONE WHO REWARDS FRIENDS SO THAT IN TIMES OF WAR THEY WILL STAND AT HIS SHOULDER, AND WHO PUNISHES FOES, SETTING FEAR IN THE HEARTS OF ENEMIES, KILLING RESISTORS, DISTRIBUTING THEIR POSSESSIONS."
Panel 3:
(The man stares blankly, no dialogue.)
Panel 4:
Man: "I MEAN 'WOOF.'"
Man: "YOU'RE A GOOD BOY! THAT'S WHO'S A GOOD BOY!"
Votey:
A speech bubble (the dog speaking): "HE HAS THE WEAKLING'S MORALITY. THE ETHICS OF THE HERD. DOG-GONNIT!"
Alt text
A four-panel comic. A man with flame-like orange hair walks his small dog in a park and coos, "WHO'S A GOOD BOY!? WHO'S A GOOD BOY!?" The second panel is a serious narration caption defining the term: "A good boy is one who rewards friends so that in times of war they will stand at his shoulder, and who punishes foes, setting fear in the hearts of enemies, killing resistors, distributing their possessions." In the third panel the man stares blankly, as if caught by this grim Machiavellian definition. In the fourth he recovers and resumes baby-talk: "I mean 'woof.' You're a good boy! That's who's a good boy!" Votey (bonus panel): a close-up of the dog, looking unimpressed, with a speech bubble: "He has the weakling's morality. The ethics of the herd. Dog-gonnit!" The joke contrasts cutesy pet talk with a Nietzschean/Machiavellian conception of goodness, and the dog turns out to hold the harsher worldview.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.